Templeton "Faceman" Peck

Lieutenant Templeton Arthur Peck is the alias"Mind Games", Season Four, Episode Nine of a character in the action/adventure television series The A-Team played by Dirk Benedict. A recognized war hero, he is often referred to as "Faceman" or simply "Face". Tim Dunigan played this role in the pilot episode, but reputedly he was thought to look too young to be a believable Vietnam veteran, and he was much taller than the rest of the cast. He was replaced by Benedict for the rest of the show's run. The character of Face appeared on The A-Team from 1983 until its cancellation in 1987. Bradley Cooper portrayed the character in the 2010 film, while Benedict appeared in a post-credits cameo.

Character biography

Suave, smooth-talking, and hugely successful with women, Peck serves as the team's con man and scrounger, able to get his hands on just about anything they need, using various disguises, albeit less than Hannibal. Effectively second in command behind Hannibal (although Murdock outranks him), he is the one who arranges for supplies, equipment, and sensitive information using numerous scams and hustles. He is also the team member who usually organizes the fees for their services, due to his aptitude with numbers, as demonstrated in "Members Only."

In the pilot episode it is revealed in a...
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